Well there we have it. Only 16 players managed to go under par in the first round of the Masters.

One of them just happens to be the defending champion Rory McIlroy, who is the joint overnight leader along with American Sam Burns.

Both flourished in the dry and breezy conditions, while the likes of Shane Lowry and Justin Rose at two under, and England's Tommy Fleetwood and Aaron Rai at one under, are also well placed tucked in just behind world number one Scottie Scheffler.

All the tee times for Friday's second round are already available and we will see you at 12:30 BST, just before play gets under way.

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Former champion Jon Rahm, speaking after carding his worst ever round at the Masters: "It's a hard golf course. Some of the players might have been able to manage a respectable round, but when you have no feel with the swing whatsoever, it's just not an easy one.

"What I manage? Hopefully get some physio, get some dinner, get something positive going in that sense. Tomorrow is a new day. It's going to be a very much more uphill battle right now, but I'm going to have to come out tomorrow and most likely post something in the 60s to have a chance to make the cut and give myself a chance on the weekend."

On his second shot into the 13th: I still don't know what happened, honestly. To get so lucky off the tee, to have an 8-iron in my hand, I don't know, that ball came out about 10 yards left, 20 feet higher, and hooking in a way that I didn't expect. To make such a mistake from what could have been a good birdie look, it's a big problem. It's probably the part I'm the most upset at today. On that hole, you know, I'm four-over. If I put it on the green, two-putt, three-over. Still not good, but a little bit more manageable, right? That was very a possible three-shot swing after how lucky I got off the tee."

On bouncing back: "I've done that a few times, yeah. I've done that a few times, but it still sucks to be in this position, to need a Herculean effort the next two days to give myself a chance to maybe sniff having a chance to win. It's just frustrating."

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Ludvig Aberg speaking, after card a two-over 74: "I left myself in tricky spots which is the mistake from the first place. Shouldn't be long right of nine. Shouldn't be long left of 13. So naturally I kind of put myself in a tricky spot. And then nine, you know, the last thing you want to do is kind of leave it up there. So I hit it a little bit too firm and it kind of hit the downslope and three-putt from there.

"Overall felt like 13 I was in between whether I was going to chip or putt it. It was kind of like on the side slope and couldn't land it on the green because the ball was sitting down a little bit and everything was going away, like we all saw. Then missed my landing spot by a little bit and, yeah, just kind of skidded through the fringe. And, yeah, first off I shouldn't be in those situations where I have those shots in front of me.

"Augusta is a place where even if you are a couple behind you can't really play it any different, especially on a day like today when it's so firm and the greens have that kick to them.

"So I'm pleased with what I saw. Kind of hit a lot of greens coming in. Hit some nice drives as well, which was obviously nice to see."

Marco Penge signs for a 76 after taking a par on the 18th.

Given he went out in 41 in his first ever round at the Masters, the Englishman will be pretty satisfied to come home in 35 and give himself a fighting chance of making the cut.

Scottie Scheffler finishes his day off on the 18th green with an effort at a monster 57-footer for a birdie which falls a few feet short.

The world number one rolls in for a two-under round of 70 and then takes off his cap to acknowledge the applause of the crowd.

Scheffler is within striking distance of the top of the leaderboard after his opening round.

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Justin Rose, after finishing three shots off the lead, told Sky Sports: "I look at the big picture. It was a good round of golf on a day which was challenging. It was a day to be patient. The course was getting firm towards the end of the day and I made a couple of mistakes with the wind.

"Because you are toying with not going long there are miscues. I am sure a lot of guys are making bogeys like that because you are playing into such a small spot to give yourself that putt. Small margins but overall a good start to the tournament and I can build on it."

On the biggest lesson from finishing as a runner-up: "There isn't really a lesson. The lesson is I can win here. I felt Sergio was a tough one - I played golf to win there - and on the stretch with Rory he made mistakes and could have cleaned it up better than he did. There's nothing I can say I need to massively do differently. It's just about in the moment finding that special shot. Until then it's doing what I am doing and not forcing a win."

Jon Rahm is straight over to the practice area. Since the Spaniard won a Green Jacket in 2023 he has managed a round in the 60s just once in nine attempts at Augusta.

He’s a combined 12-over in that time.

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Of the 10 LIV Golf players in the field, none of them were able to shoot an under par opening round.

Sergio Garcia, winner here in 2017, fared the best with a level-par 72.

2020 champion Dustin Johnson had a 73, while England's Tyrrell Hatton signed for a 74.

Jon Rahm was tipped to go well but his 78 featured no birdies, while fellow former champions Charl Schwartzel (75) and Bubba Watson (76) also toiled.

Scottie Scheffler has a glimmer of a birdie on the penultimate green but the world number one's 17-footer comes up short.

The American's putter has not been as hot as he would have liked today.

MacIntyre's mood darkens further. He slams his club into the turf in frustration after another poor approach shot leads to another bogey.

That wiped it's feet. Marco Penge wriggles in a birdie on the 16th and gets back to four over.

Given that he made a triple-bogey eight on the second hole today, it's not a bad recovery at all from the Englishman.

A bit of a rollercoaster back nine from Justin Rose after he made a flying start.

Rose got to within a shot of the leaders, but back-to-back bogeys on the final two holes have seen him drop back to two under.

Rose has led the Masters after the first round more than anyone else but, of course, has not won it. Will his luck change over the next few days?

Justin Thomas shunts in a short par putt on the 17th, He had birdies on the second and fourth holes of the front nine. Bogeys on the second and fourth holes of the back nine. All the rest have been pars.

One to go.

Jon Rahm signs for a six-over 78 which is the worst score he's ever posted around Augusta National in the Masters.

The 2023 champion was given the big build up as one of the favourites. He now has a serious job on his hands just to make the cut on Friday.

Very much a day that got away from Ludvig Aberg as well. The Swede was three under after six holes.

Gah. Justin Rose drops a shot at the 17th after fluffing a seven-foot putt for par.

It's been up and down from the Englishman in his last five holes: birdie, bogey, birdie, par, bogey. He's back to three under for the round.

Oh Scottie, Scottie.

A horseshoe putt from the world number one as his birdie attempt at the 15th runs around the lip of the pocket but refuses to drop in.

Scheffler chunters under his breath. Again.

It's disaster for Robert MacIntyre though. Two trips to the pond guarding the green and the Scot is muttering something a bit stronger before he writes a quadruple-bogey nine on his scorecard.

He also appeared to stick his middle finger up in the general direction of the water. The officials at Augusta National may well want a word with the left-hander.

We haven't seen much of Justin Thomas for a while. Here he is on the short 16th. His ball is in a popular spot, down the front edge, at the bottom of a huge slope.

The hole is perched atop that slope so JT gives his birdie try a right rattle up the hill. It's a great effort. Tap-in par.

Three pars on the trot, two more to go.

Level par is a great score round a hard and fast Augusta National.

Scottie Scheffler is grafting away. A chip shot on to the green at the 15th leaves the American eight feet from the pin and in the hunt for a birdie.

For the second hole running Ludvig Aberg and Chris Gotterup both have a loook at birdie putts and neither can sink them.

Jon Rahm's task is slightly different. Having skipped through the green, the Spaniard has thin landing strip to get anywhere close to the flag and plays a bump and run that gives him an eight-foot putt for par, which tumbles in the cup.

A bit of kneeknocker for Justin Rose on the 16th green but he holds his nerve to follow up that birdie with another par.

The Englishman, beaten in a play-off final at August last year, is going to be in the shake up after the first round by the looks of things.